Japan’s nuclear watchdog Wednesday gave a formal green light to the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to restart two reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the first for the company since the 2011 nuclear crisis. The Nuclear Regulation Authority handed its approval to the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)
Japan’s nuclear watchdog Wednesday gave a formal green light to the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to restart two reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the first for the company since the 2011 nuclear crisis.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority handed its approval to the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) following a month of public hearings, judging that the two reactors met the stricter safety standards introduced after the disaster, an NRA official told AFP.
The two reactors are situated at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, one of the world’s biggest and the largest in Japan.
